Yahoo provides the addresses of simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) servers you can use in the email application on your computer or mobile device. After setting a Yahoo SMTP server as the outgoing server in your email application, you can send messages directly from the program. Yahoo provides different SMTP servers for people with standard Yahoo Mail accounts and Yahoo Business Email users. You can also set up an incoming IMAP or POP3 server to receive Yahoo Mail in your email application’s inbox

1. Open your email application and create a new account.

2. Set up the account as you normally would, entering your full name and Yahoo email address.

3. Type “smtp.mail.yahoo.com” into the text field for the outgoing mail, or SMTP, server. Use “smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com” if you have a Yahoo Business Email account.

4. Enter “465” as the port number for the server.

5. Enable SSL authentication for the SMTP connection.

6. Type your full Yahoo email address (you@yahoo.com) into the username box. If you use Yahoo Business Email and have an email address at your website instead of yahoo.com, type “you@example.com” instead, replacing “you” with your email account name and “example.com” with your website's domain name.

7. Enter your Yahoo account’s password, then save your settings.

Tip

You may also need to enter “imap.mail.yahoo.com” as an incoming IMAP server or “pop.mail.yahoo.com” as an incoming POP3 server. Use “imap.bizmail.yahoo.com” or “pop.bizmail.yahoo.com” if you use Yahoo Business Email. Enable SSL for the incoming email server and set the port to “993” for IMAP or “995” for POP3. IMAP automatically synchronizes all changes with your Yahoo account, while POP3 only downloads new email messages.